Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 19 January 2023

Public Accounts Committee

Financial Statements 2020: Housing Agency
Financial Statements 2021: Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority
Chapter 7: Housing Agency Revolving Acquisition Fund
Section 2 Report – Unauthorised Release of Funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer

9:30 am

Mr. Jim Baneham:

There are a couple of technical issues. The biggest issue has probably been the speed of rotation. We anticipated that we could buy properties and then sell them on to an AHB relatively quickly. We thought we could certainly do it in less than a year, but we were kind of optimistic and thought it might take six months. In reality, once we got into the process, it took much longer. There are several reasons that was the case. One of those is that the funding system used by AHBs involves somebody lending them money. The CALF and P and A system involves them getting funding from a lender. These lenders have their own requirements, so-----

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